Holden Research & Consulting
Applied Science & Answers for Production Agriculture | Specializing in Citrus, Wine, & Avocado in California, Florida & Abroad
Having worked in the research and development of new pesticides now for over thirty years, I think I can confidently say that the development side of new pesticides is providing much safer and more effective pesticides for use in the agricultural production of food and fiber. The problem though continues to be the perception that […]
Some of my research for Bayer CropScience‘s insecticide product, Movento was recently featured in the September issue of California Grower Magazine. The article covers a variety of topics including the effectiveness of Movento when combating citrus bud mites, California red scale and the dreaded Asian citrus psyllid, which of course has now been documented in the […]
As summer winds down, I usually expect my pace to lessen a bit, but not this year! I have many interesting projects on the horizon, and lots of travel and speaking engagements as well. Towards the end of August I spent almost a week in Canada in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick presenting some […]
Ventura County Irrigated Lands Group Presentations Spring 2012
AG RX Avocado-Citrus Presentation Spring 2012 for posting
Phosphates vs. Phosphites November 2011
November and December turned out to be extensive travel times for me. In November I spent another two weeks consulting all over the southern half of Australia and the first week of December was doing similarly in the citrus regions of Florida. I thought I might give you some of my observations. Australia: The Australians […]
WPHA Fall 2010 Phosphate Presentation Holden Research Presentation made at annual Western Plant Health Association Coastal Nutrient Seminar from the fall of 2010 on phosphate availability for vegetable and strawberry production along the coast of Central California
Click on file below to see an example of a final report prepared for a past seasons development project. 2-16-16 for Production Chardonnay 2010 final report Holden
I just read a great blog in Scientific American by Christie Wilcox, dated July 18, 2011 at “http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/2011/07/18/mythbusting-101-organic-farming-conventional-agriculture/?WT.mc_id=SA_emailfriend”, entitled Mythbusting 101 – Organic Farming>Conventional Agriculture. I will let you read the blog and not try to embellish what was so well written, but I will just take a little time to review the myths this […]